Director of Chef Operations

SFC Chicagoland LLC dba Sticky Fingers Cooking® is looking to hire a hybrid (remote & in-person) full-time Director of Chef Operations to help us Cultivate COOLinary Curiosity in Kids®!

ABOUT STICKY FINGERS COOKING

Sticky Fingers Cooking® (SFC) is a cooking school for children that specializes in after-school enrichment classes and summer camps.. We love sharing our passion for cooking through our fun, hands-on, and deliciously healthy cooking classes and camps. We strive to inspire and celebrate comprehensive education directly related to the essential role of real healthy food, cooking , and nutrition in our everyday lives.

The Director of Chef Operations (DoCO) is a key player in the oversight of day-to-day program operations at Sticky Fingers Cooking®. SFC is a hospitality company within a children's cooking school, which means that positive communication on every level is a necessity. This role is responsible for ensuring that chef instructors are trained, equipped, and assigned to classes and camps via The Dash™ (our proprietary technology platform).

The DoCO role is integral to the core of Sticky Fingers Cooking® as this position maintains all communication with our Chef Instructor team in a timely, positive manner. This position actively communicates with and co-manages a SFC territory with the Area Director. The primary goal of this position is to provide instructors with a positive and organized work experience, ensuring that they feel supported and encouraged in their roles through upbeat communications. Staff engagement and retention is a priority for the DoCO, keeping in mind that all instructors teach part-time for SFC and many have other jobs and responsibilities as well. The DoCO must be a leader who is extremely organized, remains calm under pressure, and is detail-oriented.

This position is full-time and the salary is $60,000 with profit share after 90 days.

The typical work day is 9 : 00a- 5 : 30p with peak responsibilities and timely communication needed 2 : 30 - 5 : 30p.

Preferred to live near Lemont and its environs for in person needs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Co-manage a SFC territory with the Area Director
• Assist in oversight of day-to-day program operations of SFC programing within a territory
• Support our staff of chef instructors in implementation of SFC curriculum, recipes and classroom management
• Conduct hiring, interviewing, onboarding, and training of new staff members, both virtually and in-person
• Coordinate with the Area Director and chef instructors to ensure all locations are fully-staffed
• Utilize The Dash™ to update and edit class information and schedule instructors
• Communicate with instructors and school-based personnel regarding questions or concerns about classes, missing / absent students, student behavioral issues, classroom / space, child pick-up and drop off, etc.
• Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with SFC instructors and staff
• Manage the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and HR platform
• Daily updating of spreadsheets and other documents in google drive
• Building and sending routine newsletters to the chef instructor team
• Work closely with Area Director in developing long-term operational strategies that help meet company objectives
• Conduct in-person observations and trainings
• Manage chef instructors' timesheets and reimbursement requests
• Plan and conduct regular team meetings, trainings, and gatherings with chef instructors along with the Area Director (in-person and virtual)

QUALIFICATIONS

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US?

If you feel that you would be a GRATE fit, please fill out our application. We look forward to reviewing your application!